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Dreaming of climbing
Read two ways. Let them disagree, the truth often sits between.
Artemidorus · Oneirocritica
Drawn up, it speaks of To climb a mountain or a ladder and reach the top signified honors, advancement, a petition granted. The steeper the way, the greater the standing gained by it.
Drawn down, it warns of To climb and slip, or to be turned back near the summit, warns of an ambition that will cost more than it pays. Check the ground, the old books said, before reaching higher.
Jungian · the collective unconscious
Drawn up, it speaks of Climbing is the work of becoming, the psyche taking its own development seriously one handhold at a time. The summit matters less than the fact that you are willing to go up.
Drawn down, it warns of Endless climbing with no arrival can be striving inflated, the ego mistaking altitude for growth. Ask what waits at the bottom that you keep climbing away from.
Did you dream this?
Keep it before it fades
Write the dream down in your journal and the cards will name its symbols for you, or have the whole dream read in full.